The Silicon Valley Model

This book presents a new management model that has evolved in Silicon Valley. The future will favor companies that can migrate to a management model, better suited for the times. The abilities to remain entrepreneurial and innovate constantly will be essential for all companies in an innovation economy. However, most firms still use industrial-age management models that are not suited to attracting and energizing entrepreneurial talent. This book imbibes latest results from a year-long study of Google's approaches to management, and finds similar principles being applied at companies including, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Tesla Motors, and Apigee. By distilling on the aspects that work across a variety of innovative firms, the authors present a synthesis that could have profound implications for managers everywhere.

Annika Steiber, PhD Researcher, Lecturer and Advisor in Management Dr. Steiber is an international authority in the field of innovation management and the author of several award-winning articles and a book (The Google Model: Managing Continuous Innovation in a Rapidly Changing World). She holds a Ph.D. in Management and Organization from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and has 18 years of experience in creating growth for companies in the private sector. Currently she works as a lecturer, researcher and advisor. In her consultancy work she is affiliated with Strategos Inc., an American company founded by the thought leader Gary Hamel with cutting-edge competence in the management of innovation. Dr. Steiber is the author of 'The Google Model' (Springer, 2014).

Sverker Alänge is Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. He has a Ph.D. in Industrial Management and an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are innovation and change processes in firms and innovation systems, entrepreneurship and sustainable business development.